prints, paintings and other documentary art illustrating aspects of the Distillery District arranged according to date depicted by the artwork
Mouth of the Don River
1793, by Elizabeth Simcoe, TPL 970-7-2
Gooderham & Worts Windmill
c 1832, G&W
Toronto and Windmill, drawn by Thomas Young,
1833 lithographed by N. Currier, TPL X24-1
Surveying the Windmill Line
1834, by Rowley Murphy (1930s?),DHD
Celebrating Incorporation of Toronto 1834 formerly Muddy York
1909 by Frederic Waistell Jopling TPL 982-9-1
New Gaol and Proposed Court House, Front & Berkeley,
ca.1840 by John George Howard, TPL T11968
View of Front Street from Windmill to Old Fort
1849-1851, detail of Gooderham House and Windmill, JRR vol. 2
Windmill and Wharf, Toronto in 1849-1851, detail of Gooderham House, by Sir Edmund Wyly Grier, ca. 1896, TPL JRR-341
Gooderham & Worts
1855, by William Armstrong, G&W
Stone Distillery south side
Canadian Illustrated News, April 25, 1863, TPL
The April 25, 1863 issue of Canadian Illustrated News (Hamilton) published a feature article about the new Stone Distillery and a series of engravings. The full series consists of 12 images depicting both the interior and exterior of the 1860 building, including the architecture, machinery, processes, and people who worked there. To View Engravings click link at top of page.
Engine Room
Canadian Illustrated News, April 25, 1863, TPL
Stone Distillery Fire
October 26, 1869, G&W
Reconstructed Stone Distillery
May 1, 1870, G&W
Gooderham & Worts
1873-1877, G&W
Gooderham & Worts
1877, from Timperlake, CTA
Gooderham & Worts
1884, by William Blatchely, G&W
Detail of Gooderham & Worts from Bird’s-eye View of Toronto
by Barclay, Clark & Co., TPL 916-2-1
Gooderham & Worts
c 1896, by A.H. Hider, G&W
George H. Gooderham, MPP
Toronto World, September 25, 1916
GH Gooderham Scrapbook, DHD
Alcohol in Industry
book cover, 1938, DHD
